SAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 33 87
Rank change year-on-year -21 +54 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP 67 116 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.80% 5.53% 2.42%
As % of the Vendors category 7.75% 12.51% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 70 45
10th Percentile £368 £448 £428
25th Percentile £463 £493 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £720
90th Percentile £745 £791 £800
Central London median daily rate £538 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £23.93 - -
25th Percentile £30.15 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £41.35 £147.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -71.97% - -
75th Percentile £52.96 £148.75 -
90th Percentile £59.43 - -
Central London median hourly rate £41.35 £147.50 -
% change year-on-year -71.97% - -

All Vendors
City of London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 864 927 1,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 49.01% 44.18% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 605 856
10th Percentile £324 £350 £311
25th Percentile £413 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £743 £765 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 8
10th Percentile £20.23 £16.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £23.75 £19.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £34.65 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.33% +30.12% -1.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £65.21 £137.50 £60.35
Central London median hourly rate £31.58 £27.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year +16.94% +30.12% -12.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (38.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (8.96%) SAP CO
2 6 (8.96%) SAP FI
3 5 (7.46%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (5.97%) SAP MDG
5 3 (4.48%) SAP HCM
5 3 (4.48%) SAP HR
5 3 (4.48%) SAP PLM
6 2 (2.99%) SAP CRM
6 2 (2.99%) SAP EWM
6 2 (2.99%) SAP MM
6 2 (2.99%) SAP PS
6 2 (2.99%) SAP VC
7 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (1.49%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 1 (1.49%) SAP GTS
7 1 (1.49%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (1.49%) SAP QM
7 1 (1.49%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.43%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (7.46%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.48%) Boomi
3 3 (4.48%) SaaS
4 2 (2.99%) IaaS
4 2 (2.99%) iPaaS
4 2 (2.99%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Datadog
5 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) DNS
2 1 (1.49%) Intranet
2 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.99%) Tableau
3 1 (1.49%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.49%) Looker
3 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.49%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.49%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Zephyr
General
1 29 (43.28%) Social Skills
2 26 (38.81%) Finance
3 10 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Banking
4 5 (7.46%) Marketing
5 4 (5.97%) Legal
6 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.99%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Electronics
7 2 (2.99%) Law
7 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.49%) Advertising
8 1 (1.49%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Consultant
2 12 (17.91%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (13.43%) Lead
4 8 (11.94%) Architect
5 7 (10.45%) Analyst
6 6 (8.96%) SAP Trainer
6 6 (8.96%) Trainer
7 5 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.48%) SAP Architect
9 3 (4.48%) SAP CO Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) SAP EWM Trainer
9 3 (4.48%) SAP FI Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) SAP PLM Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) Senior
10 2 (2.99%) Integration Specialist
10 2 (2.99%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.94%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.99%) Middleware
2 2 (2.99%) Web Services
3 1 (1.49%) .NET
3 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.49%) HTML
3 1 (1.49%) LDAP
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.49%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.49%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.49%) SAP BSP
3 1 (1.49%) SAP Business Workflow
3 1 (1.49%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (4.48%) Public Cloud
1 3 (4.48%) Replication
2 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.99%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.49%) BYOD
3 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.49%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.49%) FMCG
3 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.49%) Life Science
3 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.49%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.91%) Agile
1 12 (17.91%) Migration
2 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (11.94%) Data Migration
4 8 (11.94%) Project Management
5 7 (10.45%) Analytics
5 7 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.45%) Logistics
6 6 (8.96%) Change Management
6 6 (8.96%) ERP
6 6 (8.96%) Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (8.96%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (8.96%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (7.46%) Data Management
7 5 (7.46%) Waterfall
8 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.97%) Document Management
8 4 (5.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) ABAP
2 5 (7.46%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) C#
3 1 (1.49%) C++
3 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.49%) Python
3 1 (1.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (8.96%) Degree
1 6 (8.96%) SC Cleared
1 6 (8.96%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.49%) APMG
2 1 (1.49%) ISTQB
2 1 (1.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.99%) PMO
2 2 (2.99%) QA
3 1 (1.49%) GAAP
3 1 (1.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
1 7 (10.45%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.97%) Concur
3 3 (4.48%) Ariba
3 3 (4.48%) Oracle
3 3 (4.48%) Workday
4 2 (2.99%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.99%) OpenText
4 2 (2.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.49%) Aderant
5 1 (1.49%) Citrix
5 1 (1.49%) Databricks
5 1 (1.49%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.49%) Google
5 1 (1.49%) HP
5 1 (1.49%) Informatica
5 1 (1.49%) Kronos
5 1 (1.49%) MuleSoft